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1. 断断续续off and on
2. 对…感到腻味be bored by ...
3. 觉得…枯燥难懂find ... dull and difficult
4. 以…而出名have a reputation for...
5. 据说某人…sb. be said to be ...
6. 拘谨刻板，落后于时代formal, rigid and out-of-date
7. 随笔小品文an informal essay
8. 躺在沙发上lie on a sofa
9. 不得不面对…face up to ...10. 围坐在晚餐桌旁be seated around the supper table 11. …重现在我脑海中... reawake in my mind12. 自得其乐for my own joy
13. 违反规定violate the rules14. 不及格分a failing grade
15. 别无选择，只好做…There is no choice but to do...16. 更不可思议的是what’s more 17. 专心听讲listen attentively18. 乐乎乎地开怀大笑laugh with open-hearted enjoyment 19. 心花怒放pure delight20. 最后的时刻at the eleventh hour
1、沉闷的，无趣的Dull, lifeless, cheerless, tedious
2、写，写出，写下来Turn out, write, compose, put down
3、合理的，得体的proper, respectable
4、人们想起什么
I recalled the laughing arguments ...
Vivid memories of sth.
Come flooding back to sb.
sth. reawakes in on one’s mind
5、再体验recapture, relive
6、快乐，幸福Joy, pleasure, delight, happiness
7、嘲笑，嘲弄contempt, ridicule
8、话题，题目topic, title
1. 我们的经理在想法上是很如此顽固，一成不变的，他从不听从别人的意见。
•Our manager is so rigid in his thinking, that he never listens to new ideas.
2.童年的片段如此的栩栩如生，浮现在我眼前。
•Parts of my childhood are so vivid to me.
3.汤姆已经被派往巴黎的新办公室工作。
•Tom has been assigned to the new Paris office.
4.她对20年后长什么样有着清醒的形象认识。
•She had a clear image of how she would look in twenty years’ time.
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1. He must have been completely lost in something he was reading...(L1)
must have been表示猜测过去发生的事情，“那肯定是”
might have done表示猜测，这种猜测不太肯定，“可能”
could have done本可以做（却没有）; 表示对过去动作的猜测，“可能”
ought to/should have done表示假设，过去应该做而没有做含有责备的意思
2. He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windshield to get his attention.(L1)
be lost in=lose oneself in: be absorbed in, be occupied with 专心致志于
focus on, concentrate on, abandon oneself to
3. Is you cab available?(L3)
available: able to be used, had or reached可用的，可得到的;可接受探访的，可见客人的
I'm sorry, those overcoats are not available in your color and size. 对不起,这种外套没有你要的颜色和尺码。
There are no tickets avail able for “Transformers”.
The lawyer is not available now.
4.He sounded as if he had a cold or something.(L5)
as if 好像一般情况下引出的从句表示的不是实际的情况，要用虚拟语气；如果as if后面的从句所表示的情况是真实的或很可能是真实的，从句的动词不用虚拟语气，而用陈述语气。在look, smell, sound, feel, taste后尤其如此。
The girl listened quietly as if she had been turned to stone.
She loves the boy as if she were his mother．
It sounds as if it is raining．
5.He sounded as if he had a cold or something.(L5)
or something: 诸如此类的事=or something like that
Here‟s some money．
Get yourself a hamburger or something．
He is writing a poem or something.
6. it might as well have been family .(L13)
might/may as well 不放，无妨，后直接跟动词原形
It will be quite some time before the next bus comes. We may as well walk home.
7.I’m not much of a hand at writing.(L13)我不大会写东西。
not much of a: not a good不太好的
Some people may think that doing housework for others is not much of a job.
Can you sing/dance/draw/cook?
I am not much of a singer/dancer/painter/cook.
8. I don’t think any of us keep up our correspondence to well.(L16)
keep up: continue without stopping保持
I don‟t believe he can keep up working like that.
keep off避开，不接近
keep on继续进行
keep to坚持，信守
keep up with跟上，赶上
keep out of躲开，置身于外
9. I don’t think any of us keep up our correspondence to well.(L16)
correspondence: 通信联系; 符合, 一致
The correspondence dropped after the enemy's airraid.
There isn…t much correspondence between his words and actions.
